[Youth Songs] Songs that liven up sports days and athletic festivals. Music that adds color to the event.

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WANIMA “Signal” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

A single song packed with a passionate message for the school festival that colors a page of youth.

It’s a cheering anthem by WANIMA that brilliantly depicts the drive to move toward the future and the real, everyday struggles we face.

While carrying anxieties about an unseen future, it expresses, through powerful rock sounds, the feelings of young people determined to walk their own path.

Featured on the album “Everybody!!,” the track was also used in a Lotte Ice “Sou” commercial, generating a huge response.

In a special NHK program, the band performed with 1,000 eighteen-year-olds, and the moving stage left a lasting impression on many viewers.

With a sound that unites the entire venue, it’s perfect for club presentations and as a theme song for school festivals.

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Set to a breezy pop tune that kicks off with the shout of “Play on!”, YOASOBI paints a picture of joyful moments spent with friends.

While looking back on shared memories, the song’s standout feature is its uplifting message about facing forward and moving ahead.

Released in March 2025 as part of the PlayStation 30th anniversary project “Project: MEMORY CARD,” it has also drawn attention as the CM song featuring Nanase Nishino and VTuber Usada Pekora.

It’s the perfect track for anyone who cherishes bonds and memories with friends, as well as for students gearing up for school festivals and events.

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YOASOBI “The Brave” Official Music Video / TV anime “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” opening theme

A heart-thumping YOASOBI track packed tightly with passionate emotion, released in September 2023 as the opening theme for the TV anime “Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.” Its powerful melody and brisk rhythm create an impression filled with hope, conveying the protagonist’s resolve to keep moving forward throughout the story.

It’s the perfect song when you want the courage to share time with precious companions and take a new step.

It will make the moments of running together and competing all the more wonderful.

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YOASOBI “Gunjou” Official Music Video

It is a powerful song that gives you the courage to move forward toward your dreams and goals.

Produced by YOASOBI in September 2020, it was featured in a commercial for Bourbon’s Alfort Mini Chocolate.

In 2021, it was chosen as the theme song for Nippon TV’s high school dance club support project “Dance ONE Project ’21,” and it was also performed at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen in December of the same year.

Centered on themes of self-expression and growth, the piece portrays a protagonist who, while struggling, finds their own path, making it a song that speaks for young people searching for their true selves.

Group gymnastics performances, in which many individuals come together to create something as one, are filled with moments of mutual trust and harmony, where each person shines.

The message of this work beautifully complements such scenes.

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yama × Bocchi Boromaru “Hello” MV (TV anime “Pokémon” opening theme)

A heartwarming collaborative piece by yama and Bocchi Boromaru, brimming with positive energy as a rousing anthem.

It carries a message that awakens hope for the future and a spirit of adventure, with a simple yet powerful melody that resonates deeply.

The song is approachable for a wide audience and was chosen as the opening theme for the TV anime Pokémon starting in October 2023.

In December 2023, it was released on CD in two formats: a standard edition and a limited-time production edition.

As a positive track that makes you want to sing along with someone, it’s perfect for cheering at sports days and athletic festivals.

Raise your voices together with friends under the blue sky, and it will surely become a wonderful memory.

NO MORE CRYD-51

D-51 / NO MORE CRY Gokusen theme song

D-51 is a musical duo that delivers sincere message songs depicting friendship and love to their listeners.

One of their signature tracks is “NO MORE CRY,” which was chosen as the theme song for the drama Gokusen (Season 2) and became a major hit.

A beautiful melodic line resonates over a hip-hop-style track, and their harmony-rich choral work is particularly striking.

It’s a heartwarming message song that perfectly matches a refreshing youthfulness.

If you’re looking for BGM for a school sports day or athletic festival, be sure to give it a listen.

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FRIENDS!!!imase

【imase】FRIENDS!!!（MV）

Set to a light, breezy melody, this heartwarming coming-of-age song celebrates the importance of friendship.

A groovy rhythm and the gentle vocals of imase, an artist from Gifu Prefecture, weave an exquisite harmony that carefully depicts reunions with friends, the subtle distances between hearts, and the feelings toward an unchanging bond.

Released in February 2025 as the theme song for the collaboration project “Everyone’s Concert” by the live communication app Pococha and Yamaha Corporation, the piece also features a special video with over 120 performers, proposing new ways to forge connections through music.

It’s perfect not only as BGM for school sports festivals and athletic meets, but also as a track to brighten any playlist capturing pages of youth spent with friends.